- Date
- September 3, 1978
- Place
- Mccall, ID · MCCALL, ID
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N88185Piper J3C
- Status
- Completed · report October 16, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780903031939A
- Case key
- 139596
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2634 78/9/3 NR.MCCALL,ID PIPER J3C CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 52, 1879 TIME - 1055 N88185 PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 5 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MCCALL,ID LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- AUTOPSY SHOWED PAX HAD HEART ATTACK.HIS STICK GRIP PULLED OFF FOUND LYING ON FRONT FLOORBOARD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N88185
- Reported as
- Piper J3C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N88185Registration cancelled Jun 27, 2013 · Piper J3C-65Airframe modelPiper J3C-65Engine modelContinental A&C65 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.